Railway



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R. P. IADIDIS.

RAILWAY. A No. 398,037. Patented Feb. 19,1889.

Nrrnn STATES APattini rrrcn.

ROBERT l. FADDIS, OF SOCORRO, 'TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO.

RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,037, dated February 19, 18789.

Application filed September 17, 1888. Serial No. 285,651l (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT I). FADDIS, of Socorro, in the county of Socorro, Territory of N ew Mexico, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railways, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvementin railways; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a 'cross-sectional view of a track embodying my improvements. Figs. and 3 are cross-sectional views of my invention, illustra-ting slightly-different constructions. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views, and Fig. G is a side elevation.

In the present invention I employ cribs A, having end plates, A', and side connectingrods, A2, and base connecting-rods, A3, extending between said end plates and short ties or rail-seats B in such cribs,substantially as shown in my former application, Serial No. 274,614, iiled May I9, 1888 3 and I do not herein broadly claim such construction of the crib, as it forms a part of the subject-matter of the claims of my former application, above described.

The rail C is rested on the seats B, and is secured in the manner hereinafter specifically described.

The manner of fastening the rails is a distinctive feature'of my present invention, differing from my former construction in that, instead of securing the rails .to the short ties or rail-seats and then securing the said railseats to the crib-frame, I secure such rails directly to the crib-frame, and preferably by connections which extend down and connect with the lower or base connecting-rods of the said crib, so that the fastening of the rails will clamp the rail-seats firmly in place and make the crib-frame, short blocks or rail-seats, and rail into practically a solid body, increasing the solidity and firmness of the construetion.

In carrying out the invention I employ anchor-rods D, connected with and extending between the lower portion of the crib-frame and the rails, uniting such parts, as shown. In the practice of the invention with rails especially constructed therefor it may be preferred to form openings through the base of the rail for the anchor-rods, as shown in Fig. 2; but in the use of the invention with the usual rail the clamp-plate It, as shown in Fig. 3, having portions c to grip the rail, and lugs e', foithe connection of theanchorrod$, 9r

constructions equivalent to said plates E, mayw be found desirable. By preference I connect the anchor-rods Vat their lower ends to the base connecting-rods of the crib-frame, and it is also preferred to extend such anchor-rods diagonally downward and inward from the opposite sides of the rail, bracing` and securing the rail after the fashion of strut-braces.

The anchor-rods I) may be made in sections joined together at (l, and looped at their lower ends around the base connectingrods, as shown in Fig. l2; or they may be formed in a single piece hooked at their lower ends around the lower base-sections, as shown in Fig. 3, and being' suitably secured at their upper ends by nuts, so they may be put in place or removed without disturbing the rail.

The tie rods or bars G, which extend between tlie opposite rails of a track, have their outer ends provided with hook-like portions g, to engage upon the outer edge of the base of the rail A. VAt the inner edge of said rail I secure on the bar G a plate, G', which laps on the inner portion of the base of the rail, and is secured to the bar G by a rod, H, which extends diagonally downward and outward, and is suitably secured at its lower end, preferably to the outer connecting-rod of the crib-frame, as shown.

While, `as before stated, I prefer to arrange the anchor-rods diagonally, as shown, it is obvious they might be arranged on the same side, or practically vertical, and I do not desire in the broad features of my invention to be restricted to said diagonal arrangement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new isy l. In a railway, thecombination of the cribframe, the rail seat or seats therein, the rails on said seats, and the anchor-rods passed through openings in and secured to the base of the rail at the opposite sides of the latter, and extended thence and secured to the lower portion of the crib-frame, substantially as set forth.

2. In a railway, the combination of the rail, the crib-frame having; lower or base Connecting-rods, and the anchor-rods connected at one end with the rail at the opposite sides thereof, and extended thence and Connected with the base-rods, substantially as set forth.

3. In a railnf'ay, the combination, with the Crib-frame and the rails, of lbhe connectingrods connected with the rail at Jshe opposite sides of saine and extended diagonally downward and inward, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a railway, the Combination of the oribl frame having base eonneofng-rods A3 and l the rail seat or seats in said frame, the rail and Jshe anohor-rods extended diagonally between and connected with the base connecting-rods and the rail, substantially as set forth.

5. In a railway, the combination of the cribframe, the :rail seat or seats, the cross-bar G, having hook g, the plate G', and Jshe rod H, all constructed and arranged substantially as and for the purposes specified.

ROBERT P. FADDIS.

Witnesses:

C. A. ROBINSON, F. S. HOWELL. 

